Ironing-board



H. L. HOWELL. Ironing-Board] No. 226,248. Patented April 6,1880.

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NTE e STATES HENRY L. ROWELL, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION formingpafb of Letters Patent No. 226,248, dated April 6,1880.

Application filed August 7, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HOWELL, of the city of Dayton, in thecounty of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to a detachable flexible frame to hold the articleto be ironed to a suitable board.

The figure is a top view of the ironing-board.

A represents a plain board, rectangular in form, and is covered withcotton cloth, and is in all respects like other boards in use for a likepurpose-viz, for ironing shirt-bosoms.

The holding-frame is composed of the crossbar B, the cylindricalcross-bar E, side rails, O, and spiral springs F, which connect saidrails near the center of the board. The crossbars are attached to therails by screws passing through the rails and entering the crossbars.The lower cross-bar is cylindrical. The center is of wood, and over itis a piece of rubber tubing, the use of which is to avoid an injuriousrubbing of the garment when being inclosed in the frame.

The rails O are at one end secured to the cross-bars B E, and extend toabout the center of the board, where their free ends are connected byspiral springs F, acting to draw the rails together and to press theends against the sides of the board.

The use of this device is that of holding shirts while ironing thebosonis, and the operation is as follows The board is placed within theshirt, the bosom on the board, and the flexible frame is brought downover the same, so as to bind the shirt between the board and frame, andthe ironing is done while the shirt is thus held.

Such is the state of the art that I am aware that there are bothattachable and detachable holding devices used in combination withsuitable ironing-boards similarin some respects to my invention.

Having fully described my invention what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In combination with the bosom-board A, therails O, at one end secured tothe cross-bars B E, and extending to about the center of the board,where their free ends are connected by spiral springs I acting to drawthe rails to gether and to press their free ends against the sides ofthe board, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY L. HOWELL.

Witnesses URIAH G. HARTRANFT, B. PIGKERING.

